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    Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (34041836)

    Western Cape
    Card 512693
    Compiler 11090
    Location code 34041836Mitchells Plain Waste Water Treatment Works: South (Western Cape)
    Start date 2026-10-08
    Season OOther
    Start time 09:05
    End time 10:25
    Shoreline covered 95
    Openwater covered 95
    Total Species 22
    Total Count 553
    Wetland Condition 2Partially full (mid tide for estuaries)
    Wetland Threats 0
    Count Condition 5Ideal
    Count Type 5Mixed
    Nil Count (No birds present) 0There were CWAC species present
    Notes About 75% of the pans had water in them, mostly fairly full and the other 25% were dry in preparation for maintenance.
    Survey notes


    Add additional observers
    Observer NumberNameOptions
    11090Simon Fogarty
     
    11352Graham Pringle
     

    Current data
    Ref #SpeciesCountBreeding
    Pairs    		Breeding
    indicator
    47Cormorant, White-breasted
    (Phalacrocorax lucidus)    		707Confirmed Breeding
    50Cormorant, Reed
    (Microcarbo africanus)    		60
    54Heron, Grey
    (Ardea cinerea)    		20
    55Heron, Black-headed
    (Ardea melanocephala)    		20
    69Night Heron, Black-crowned
    (Nycticorax nycticorax)    		20
    81Ibis, African Sacred
    (Threskiornis aethiopicus)    		90
    83Ibis, Glossy
    (Plegadis falcinellus)    		30
    88Goose, Spur-winged
    (Plectropterus gambensis)    		20
    89Goose, Egyptian
    (Alopochen aegyptiaca)    		140
    94Shoveler, Cape
    (Anas smithii)    		181Confirmed Breeding
    96Duck, Yellow-billed
    (Anas undulata)    		672Confirmed Breeding
    97Teal, Red-billed
    (Anas erythrorhyncha)    		310
    98Teal, Cape
    (Anas capensis)    		1510
    100Duck, White-faced Whistling
    (Dendrocygna viduata)    		40
    210Moorhen, Common
    (Gallinula chloropus)    		100
    212Coot, Red-knobbed
    (Fulica cristata)    		487Confirmed Breeding
    245Lapwing, Blacksmith
    (Vanellus armatus)    		163Confirmed Breeding
    270Stilt, Black-winged
    (Himantopus himantopus)    		60
    287Gull, Kelp
    (Larus dominicanus)    		40
    288Gull, Grey-headed
    (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)    		10
    289Gull, Hartlaub's
    (Chroicocephalus hartlaubii)    		850
    686Wagtail, Cape
    (Motacilla capensis)    		20


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    Saturday 10 October 2026 11:46
    FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
    Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town

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